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Amazing new bar by the same great people that brought you the beloved 929. The ambiance has a very cool immersive Japanese city pop theme. The drinks are creative and tasty, ranging from quite light all the way to boozy. Bartender (Jason) was very skilled and attentive, with a great focus on detail. LIC’s hidden gem!

Hidden behind a Taiwanese joint. Well-curated and thoughtful concept with an exceptional cocktail program. Had one of the best drinks I’ve had there

Cool place, but really loud. Hard to a have conversation. Cocktails were creative and delicious.

Amazing atmosphere, food, and drinks!! We came back twice & stayed within 6 hours from the minute they opened cuz it was that good lol. Staff were so kind also…special shout out to Paulo. My friend and I will definitely be back ☺️

Some drinks are grand slam home run but i hate the fact we had to leave after 90 mins. 567-90 maybe i’ll come back

Everything is sooo cute and well- decorated (spent 10mins to take pics in the bathroom 😝). Very creative drink and food menu, 10/10 recommended🥰

You can tell that they’ve put a lot of thought into this place - from the cocktail menu to decor to the cocktails themselves, the details are meticulous and fun! The servers were super nice and friendly. The drinks are well crafted and visually stunning! Definitely will be back.

Cool city pop themed speakeasy in LIC. Asian owned / vibes and cocktails are on point. Recommended if you’re looking for unique and creative drinks

4.5- but here is why I am missing half the star I really miss the old HK inspired bar. This one is fine but really missed the HK inspired cocktails and theme. I do think the drinks are good, one tasted like Taiwanese winter melon tea,m and my shiso drink actually tasted like shiso! Drinks were on the sweeter side but one can see that the bartenders really took their time to make it perfect. From scaling every ingredient to the details for presentation, it is indeed a good quality cocktail bar.

Drinks here are unique and excellent. From carbonation, to foams, to Asian inspired flavors. This bar has it all. The glassware is also pretty cool, and the drinks came out reasonably fast. The main knock I have is that the service was very bad for me. I had to get up every time I wanted to place an order, or ask for the check etc. At times I felt that I was staring at the waitress for a few minutes and she kinda looked back but also didn't and ended up just going about some other stuff. Idk. Took me around 20 min to get in my first order. In addition, the seating is not the most comfortable. The legs of the tables make it very awkward to sit and put your feet.

Was excited to try the spiritual successor to 929 LIC. Came on a weekday a little after they opened and were seated immediately for a table of 4 without a reservation, so that was nice. It's a 90min time limit for a party of 4 and a one drink minimum per person. Space remains mostly unchanged for those who've been to 929 before. Mostly just aesthetic changes to the posters on the wall and obviously the music switched over to Japanese pop. The music itself was fine, but I wouldn't really consider it a listening bar. At least the quality of music wasn't super amazing. The staff had to keep going back and forth to adjust the volume for some tracks that were playing way louder than others. As for food and drinks, in all we ordered 5 drinks + mala fries: - Usagi (sailor moon inspired): Probably the most spirit forward of the drinks we had for the night. - Pika Pika: This was supposed to have tomato and cheese in it, but overwhelming flavor was mango. Definitely on the sweeter side. - EPO: Creamy, kinda tasted like a Bailey's drink. - Momoko: Very sweet on the peach/sherry. - Mariya: A bit more spirit forward at first sip, but a very sour after taste. Almost like a tamarind sour? - Mala fries: Nice and crispy. Not particularly heavy on the ma or the la, but it was seasoned enough to be tasty with a small dab of mayo on the same. I found for $20/cocktail and $16 for the fries to be wildly overpriced for the quality of the drinks we got and portion of the fries. Also we all agreed the drinks were pretty weak. I usually feel something after just one drink on an empty stomach, but I walked out of here feeling absolutely nothing (and not in the I'm drunk way). But what really pushed down this review for me was just how inattentive the wait staff was. I don't mind being passed by a couple times, but after the third and fourth time where I literally had my hand up in front of a waiter while he was chatting up the people next to us (who was either his friends or he was hitting on them), we just decided to get the check instead of order another round. Was kind of dumbfounded to be honest as were the other people in my group who saw me trying to flag our waiter down. Overall, drinks were OK, but given the price and pretty mediocre service, I personally would have a hard time wanting to come back here and recommending it to others.

Newly opened sister bar and in the same space as what was 929 in LIC. Made a reservation for 3 on a Tuesday and was seated promptly. Happily stumbled upon their first day of happy hour menu. We ordered everything on the happy menu, the braised pork over rice, and a round 2 of drinks. Out of all the drinks we ordered, I liked the Let's kiss the sun on the happy hour menu and Junko the most. All the food was also good but small in size but the cold appetizer was my favorite. All in all, everything was good and I would come back again to try more drinks.

Couldn't have been more delightful! Make a reservation ahead of time and enter through the back of Gulp. The ambience is impeccable, from the vintage lighting to the vibe-y city pop records and intimate setting. Fantastic service--so friendly and prompt. You can order appetizers provided by Gulp (fried oysters were a wow!). Drinks are delicious and inspired by city pop artists or anime characters. My fave was the Usagi, a Sailor Moon-themed drink that tasted amazing and made by the bartender using anti-gravity flare.